And getting pissed off at the way things are going in the not so good USofA. My latest pissy attitude comes form the rise in prices of cigarettes. For my brand which is also a generic brand mind you, the price went up $9.00us a carton. Now it cost $35.00us.
Why am I pissed about this? Because they don't and wont raise the price of Alcohol, which I don't drink. See, my smoking only kills me, whereas people who drink alcohol and drive kill other people. Hell, people who drink sometimes kill other people without driving. Ive never heard of a smoker doing either.
So to get around the high price of me killing myself, I've taken to loose tobacco and rolling my own smokes. I buy a 12oz bag of tobacco, the tubes as they call them [which are basically a pre made cigarette without the tobacco in it, with filter] and a 1 time purchase of the little machine which injects the tobacco into the tube.
The 12oz bag of loose tobacco cost me $25.00us and makes two cartons or 400 cigarettes. The tubes cost $2.45 a box of 200. The rolling / injecting machine is a manual one and cost a one time price of right at $7.00us.
So this basically means I get 2 cartons of cigarettes for less than I used to buy 1 for.
Next year I am going to try and grow my own tobacco. I'll let you know how that goes. Well until next time I feel the need, Take it easy or anyway you can get it.
12.7.09
Still alive.....
8.2.09
Neglected
Its been awhile since my last post. In fact almost a year has gone by. I have been busy working like most, and maintaining another website like some. It is a delicate balancing act that has consumed my time. When I started 'Depleted Cranium' it was going to be a place to post interesting material that I intended to keep separate from the Political type I post on my other site. However, with time being a factor I chose to....well basically and to the point.....ignore this blog. I ignored it for so long that I even had to search my boxes for the user account and password.
I haven't forgotten about this site and will in the future at least offer one post per month. Its the least I can do. So until next month [maybe] thanks for stopping by.
My main website- Not Another CONspiracy...maybe you've heard of it?
18.3.08
RCA DCM425 Cable Modem
Problems with your Modem? Me too. I might have figured out mine, maybe yours.
Elevated Modem
For the past few weeks I have had connectivity problems. I called,and called and called. Nobody could find the problem inside or outside. Then it hit me. Maybe the modem is getting hot. Why did I think of this? Well last month when I was paying my bill, a fellow in front of me had his modem and it had caught on fire. Yes on FIRE! It was melted and had he not been home who knows what may have happened.
Well today was the last straw for me. My RCA DCM425 cable modem no warmer to the touch than usual went off again. So I thought, it might have a safety knock off switch inside that acts just like a Breaker or Fuse in your house does when overloaded and becomes hot. It Knocks itself off to prevent a fire or damage to the device.
So I took the modem and Put it In the Freezer to cool it down for about 15 minutes. After the 15 mins, I reconnected it and booted it up. It has know maintained its connection. I elevated the modem instead of it sitting on the desk so air could circulate through it better. I also placed a small fan blowing directly on it keeping it that much cooler. So far this seems to have solved the problem.
The problem NOT SOLVED and there are many people unaware of it is, The Modem Overheats and May cause a fire in your home while you are Not there or sleeping. I pull the Power plug on mine at night, when not in use or I'm not home.
I do not think going to your provider will solve this, as they will only swap it for another just like it.
In my personal opinion, the RCA DCM425 is defective.
What can you do: [NOTE: Do this at your own risk. I will not be held responsible.]
* Do as I explained above to keep your Modem cool.
* When Not in use, unplug the modem. Do not use the Power button, this only puts it in standby mode.
* Go and BUY a different modem from your local store and replace it. If you do this, be sure to let your Internet Service Provider[ISP] know about this so you can give them theirs back. This will also reduce your Bill a couple of dollars.
* You may have to have them come out to your house and reconnect the service, if they have a WALLED GARDEN and you don't know how to access it to reconnect. **There may be a service charge for this**.
I'm going to use mine for a couple more days like this just to see for sure if this was the problem. It's been 3 hours now and no problems. Either way, in the next couple of days I will go buy one and replace it. I will post an update later this week letting you know if this solved the problem or whether it was just a temporary fix.
For the past few weeks I have had connectivity problems. I called,and called and called. Nobody could find the problem inside or outside. Then it hit me. Maybe the modem is getting hot. Why did I think of this? Well last month when I was paying my bill, a fellow in front of me had his modem and it had caught on fire. Yes on FIRE! It was melted and had he not been home who knows what may have happened.
Well today was the last straw for me. My RCA DCM425 cable modem no warmer to the touch than usual went off again. So I thought, it might have a safety knock off switch inside that acts just like a Breaker or Fuse in your house does when overloaded and becomes hot. It Knocks itself off to prevent a fire or damage to the device.
So I took the modem and Put it In the Freezer to cool it down for about 15 minutes. After the 15 mins, I reconnected it and booted it up. It has know maintained its connection. I elevated the modem instead of it sitting on the desk so air could circulate through it better. I also placed a small fan blowing directly on it keeping it that much cooler. So far this seems to have solved the problem.
The problem NOT SOLVED and there are many people unaware of it is, The Modem Overheats and May cause a fire in your home while you are Not there or sleeping. I pull the Power plug on mine at night, when not in use or I'm not home.
I do not think going to your provider will solve this, as they will only swap it for another just like it.
In my personal opinion, the RCA DCM425 is defective.
What can you do: [NOTE: Do this at your own risk. I will not be held responsible.]
* Do as I explained above to keep your Modem cool.
* When Not in use, unplug the modem. Do not use the Power button, this only puts it in standby mode.
* Go and BUY a different modem from your local store and replace it. If you do this, be sure to let your Internet Service Provider[ISP] know about this so you can give them theirs back. This will also reduce your Bill a couple of dollars.
* You may have to have them come out to your house and reconnect the service, if they have a WALLED GARDEN and you don't know how to access it to reconnect. **There may be a service charge for this**.
I'm going to use mine for a couple more days like this just to see for sure if this was the problem. It's been 3 hours now and no problems. Either way, in the next couple of days I will go buy one and replace it. I will post an update later this week letting you know if this solved the problem or whether it was just a temporary fix.
17.3.08
Windows Task Manager Not Working / Accessible- EXPLOIT
After seeing post after post on various security / computer forums where people are stating their task manager No Longer works, I decide to look around. I first suspected a virus disabling the Task manager to hide it's process from the user. Little did I know, it would be verified. So if you have this problem, it isn't your only problem. You more than likely have a Virus or some type of Malware.
This is Not a fix, It is a possible Reason.
Windows XP SP2 Taskmgr bug
http://core-security.net/archive/2008/march/index.php#14032008
Back in 2006 Izee of the EOF virus writing team discovered a possibility to crash the Windows Taskmanager. It was easily done by setting a REG_BINARY value in the Registry of Windows to 0x00. The key is the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TaskManager:Preferences
If you set it to 0x00, 0x00, 0x00... the Taskmanager will crash on the next startup. I (skyout) have therefore coded an exploit and used it back in 2006 in one of my first viruses as a very basic technique to hide my process to the user. Then we waited for a long time without using this bug anymore. With the release of Windows Vista we tested it again and it was fixed. In 2008 now, exactly in February, I got in contact with Microsoft Germany and informed them about the bug. They told me, that they will work on it, but for weeks not even an email came back. Now it is time for making this public! Now this bug is open for every person and everyone can use it and put pressure on Microsoft to fix it.
Here you can find the exploit: [taskmgr_dos.c.txt]
29.2.08
polimedia.us / doingfine.org
How to ruin your reputation
by paperghost
Vitalsecurity.org
This is a really weird one - I've had quite a few people email me about this, thinking it might be along the lines of ye olde 419 scamme. Everything about it just looks a little odd, but it's more down to the people responsible for the marketing than the site itself. With that in mind, here's a cautionary tale with regards how your online rep can take a very sudden nosedive when you hire the wrong people to promote your website.
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Related posts on this subject:
The Right Way, The Wrong Way
Scamming By Spamming – They Just Won’t Quit!
Tips for safe blog advertising
419 scams
FlickrCentral/Discuss polimedia.us
27.2.08
B-2 and the Flying Wing
After the Crash of The Spirit of Kansas, a B-2 Spirit On 23 February 2008 shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, I thought I would provide a little History of the Wing.
The B-2 might look futuristic, but the basic design isn't new at all, the same manufacturer Northrop did two very similar designs just after world war two, the propeller driven B-35 and the jet driven B-49.
Northrop B-35
The B-35 was America's first attempt at an all-wing heavy bomber. In the darkest days of World War II, when it
appeared that Nazi Germany might well conquer Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the Army Air Forces saw the
need for a large bomber with intercontinental range. Such a plane, based in the United States, must be able to cross
the Atlantic and hit Germany with a large bomb load. The XB-35 was required to carry a 10,000-pound bomb load
a distance of 10,000 miles. Four Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines mounted internally, close to the leading edge.
Each engine drove a pair of counter-rotating four-bladed propellers by means of a long extension shaft and a complex
gearbox. The XB-35's first flight, on June 25, 1946, was a success. But that was about the only trouble-free flight the
bomber was ever to have. Numerous equipment failures had already delayed the plane's development by more than a year.
Only three B-35s were completed. The remainder of the initial test models were converted to jet power.
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Northrop B-49
With the wing development program falling farther behind schedule daily, the AAF entered into negotiations with Northrop during the summer of 1944 about the possibility of replacing the troublesome R-4360 engines with (General Electric designed) Chevrolet built TG-180-A7 jet engines and designated YB-49. The final YB-49 configuration was powered by eight Allison J-35-A-15 engines developing 3,750 pounds of static thrust.
Still without a production contract, Northrop explored the possibility of producing a B-49 derived photo-reconnaissance aircraft designated YRB-49. To make room for photographic equipment, extra fuel and flash bombs, the six engined aircraft carried two jet engines in pods outboard of the main landing gear under the wings.
Slower, shorter ranged than its progenitor, and not wanted by the USAF signaled the end of flying wing bombers in the U.S. until the advent of the Northrop B-2 bomber. No examples of the XB-35/YB-49 family exist today. The last YRB-49 was scrapped by December 1953.
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Northrop B-2
The first B-2 was publicly displayed on 22 November 1988, when it was rolled out of its hangar at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, where it was built. Its first public flight was on 17 July 1989. The B-2 Combined Test Force, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, is responsible for flight testing the engineering, manufacturing and development aircraft.
The original procurement of 132 aircraft was later reduced to 75 in the late 1980s. In his 1992 State of the Union Address, President George H.W. Bush announced total B-2 production would be limited to 20 aircraft, with a total inventory of 21 by upgrading the first test aircraft to B-2A Block 30 standard. This reduction was largely a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which effectively rendered void the Spirit's primary mission.
The cost of the B-2 program in 1994 dollars was reported at $737 million per plane; however, the total cost of the program with development, spares, and facilities averaged over $2.1 billion per plane as of 1997 according to the B-2 program office
The first operational aircraft, christened Spirit of Missouri, was delivered on December 17, 1993
Related Links:
http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/FlyingWings/XB35.htm
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/B2/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-2_Spirit
The B-2 might look futuristic, but the basic design isn't new at all, the same manufacturer Northrop did two very similar designs just after world war two, the propeller driven B-35 and the jet driven B-49.
Northrop B-35
The B-35 was America's first attempt at an all-wing heavy bomber. In the darkest days of World War II, when it
appeared that Nazi Germany might well conquer Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the Army Air Forces saw the
need for a large bomber with intercontinental range. Such a plane, based in the United States, must be able to cross
the Atlantic and hit Germany with a large bomb load. The XB-35 was required to carry a 10,000-pound bomb load
a distance of 10,000 miles. Four Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines mounted internally, close to the leading edge.
Each engine drove a pair of counter-rotating four-bladed propellers by means of a long extension shaft and a complex
gearbox. The XB-35's first flight, on June 25, 1946, was a success. But that was about the only trouble-free flight the
bomber was ever to have. Numerous equipment failures had already delayed the plane's development by more than a year.
Only three B-35s were completed. The remainder of the initial test models were converted to jet power.
---------
Northrop B-49
With the wing development program falling farther behind schedule daily, the AAF entered into negotiations with Northrop during the summer of 1944 about the possibility of replacing the troublesome R-4360 engines with (General Electric designed) Chevrolet built TG-180-A7 jet engines and designated YB-49. The final YB-49 configuration was powered by eight Allison J-35-A-15 engines developing 3,750 pounds of static thrust.
Still without a production contract, Northrop explored the possibility of producing a B-49 derived photo-reconnaissance aircraft designated YRB-49. To make room for photographic equipment, extra fuel and flash bombs, the six engined aircraft carried two jet engines in pods outboard of the main landing gear under the wings.
Slower, shorter ranged than its progenitor, and not wanted by the USAF signaled the end of flying wing bombers in the U.S. until the advent of the Northrop B-2 bomber. No examples of the XB-35/YB-49 family exist today. The last YRB-49 was scrapped by December 1953.
--------
Northrop B-2
The first B-2 was publicly displayed on 22 November 1988, when it was rolled out of its hangar at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, where it was built. Its first public flight was on 17 July 1989. The B-2 Combined Test Force, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, is responsible for flight testing the engineering, manufacturing and development aircraft.
The original procurement of 132 aircraft was later reduced to 75 in the late 1980s. In his 1992 State of the Union Address, President George H.W. Bush announced total B-2 production would be limited to 20 aircraft, with a total inventory of 21 by upgrading the first test aircraft to B-2A Block 30 standard. This reduction was largely a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which effectively rendered void the Spirit's primary mission.
The cost of the B-2 program in 1994 dollars was reported at $737 million per plane; however, the total cost of the program with development, spares, and facilities averaged over $2.1 billion per plane as of 1997 according to the B-2 program office
The first operational aircraft, christened Spirit of Missouri, was delivered on December 17, 1993
Related Links:
http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/FlyingWings/XB35.htm
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/B2/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-2_Spirit
17.2.08
Another reason to Save Windows-XP
Yet another reason For Micro$oft toContinue distributing Win-XP. If you would like to help Save Windows XP, see the Banner at the top of this Blogs homepage, or use this link- Save Windows XP
Vista SP1 prerequisite updates send some PCs into endless reboot
Last week's updates prompt support complaints; problem first reported in December
By Gregg Keizer
February 17, 2008 (Computerworld) Updates that Microsoft Corp. began feeding Windows Vista users last week to prep PCs for next month's release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) have crippled some machines, according to messages posted to the company's support site.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft started sending Vista users two final prerequisite updates that are required before SP1 can be installed in March. The updates to the operating system's install components were delivered via Windows Updates, which automatically downloaded and installed them on the majority of Vista machines.
Users quickly started squawking.
In most cases, they reported that the final update hung while displaying the message "Configuring Updates Step 3 of 3 - 0% Complete," which was followed by a reboot of the PC. Which was followed by another reboot, and another. "[It] reboots ad infinitum," said Frank Melk on the Microsoft support newsgroup. A smaller number reported a different problem: After the update, their computer refused to boot normally.
Trying to boot into Safe Mode did no good, users said; the reboot loop cranked up then as well. "I am unsure as to what to do, because entering Safe Mode gives the same screen," Melk said. "Furthermore, I have no restore points saved, so going back to a known previous good config is no good either!"
Full Article @: ComputerWorld.com
8.2.08
I won, and you may have too..........
And all they want is My Personal Information.............Oh, and my Bank Account Number, And a copy of my Identification. And since they want me to contact them, I will, Many, many times. Want to help? here is the address..mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
What is sad is where it originated according to the IP. Scroll down and see the ARIN WHOIS IP result for yourself.
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Yahoo! Mail
X-Apparently-To: MEXXXX@yahoo.com via 206.190.38.207; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:28:44 -0800
X-Originating-IP: [193.86.238.3]
Return-Path:
Authentication-Results: mta109.mail.re4.yahoo.com from=lottery.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 193.86.238.3 (EHLO mail.pipni.cz) (193.86.238.3) by mta109.mail.re4.yahoo.com with SMTP; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:28:41 -0800
Received: from mail.pipni.cz ([193.86.238.3] helo=inbox202.net) id 1JNTHL-0001cr-Po; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:28:33 +0100
From: "AUSTRALIAN CASH OUT LOTTERY"
Reply-to: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $600,000.00 USD (AUSTRALIAN CASH OUT LOTTERY 2008)
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:28:31 +0100
Message-Id: <20080208132831.M4416@lottery.com>
X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20061019
X-OriginatingIP: 81.91.235.152 (aus@inbox202.net)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=OPENWEBMAIL_ATT_0.730357023692829"
Content-Length: 18796
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
COORPORATION.2008
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AUSTRALIAN NEW YEAR PROMOTIONS LOTTERY 2008
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of AUSTRALIAN CASH-OUT LOTTO BV international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48
Ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number
Ball number 11Ball number 13Ball number 26Ball number 34Ball number 44Ball number 48 Bonus Ball number 2
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of $600,000 Dollars (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;
PERSON IN CHARGE (MR RICHARD HARDGETT UDOH)
Email address: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Please note; You are hereby advice to send the asigned fudiciray Agent details below for Processing of your Claims;
(1.) FULL NAME .....................................................
(2.) FULL ADDRESS ..................................................
(3).NATIONALITY. .....................................................
(4) AGE......................................................................
(5) OCCUPATION........................................................
(6)TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................
(7) DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION........................
(8) SEX.......................................................................
(9) TOTAL AMOUNT WON..........................................
(10) MARITAL STATUS ...............................................
(11)EMAIL ADDRES.................................................
(12) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.........................
(13) ADDRESS OF THE BANK....................................
Scan a copy of your id or international passport and send together with this payment form to the claim agent that will enable him to processed your winning prize easy.
Contact to this confidential email account :
you are advice to contact to our claim agent with this EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
EMAIL: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
ENDEAVOUR TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE ON OR BEFORE THE 25TH DAY OF FEB,2008.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-coordinator).
(australian Lottery Inc).
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Below are one of our winner,He won prize money release to him with award certifecate.
Past winners.
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Search ARIN WHOIS for: 81.91.235.152
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
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tech-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
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Search ARIN WHOIS for: 206.190.38.207
OrgName: Yahoo! Broadcast Services, Inc.
OrgID: YAHO
Address: 701 First Ave
City: Sunnyvale
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94089
Country: US
NetRange: 206.190.32.0 - 206.190.63.255
CIDR: 206.190.32.0/19
NetName: NETBLK1-YAHOOBS
NetHandle: NET-206-190-32-0-1
Parent: NET-206-0-0-0-0
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NameServer: NS2.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS3.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS4.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS5.YAHOO.COM
Comment:
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RTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
RTechName: Netblock Admin
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RTechEmail: rauschen@yahoo-inc.com
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OrgTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
OrgTechName: Netblock Admin
OrgTechPhone: +1-408-349-3300
OrgTechEmail: rauschen@yahoo-inc.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-02-07 19:10
What is sad is where it originated according to the IP. Scroll down and see the ARIN WHOIS IP result for yourself.
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Yahoo! Mail
X-Apparently-To: MEXXXX@yahoo.com via 206.190.38.207; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:28:44 -0800
X-Originating-IP: [193.86.238.3]
Return-Path:
Authentication-Results: mta109.mail.re4.yahoo.com from=lottery.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 193.86.238.3 (EHLO mail.pipni.cz) (193.86.238.3) by mta109.mail.re4.yahoo.com with SMTP; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:28:41 -0800
Received: from mail.pipni.cz ([193.86.238.3] helo=inbox202.net) id 1JNTHL-0001cr-Po; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:28:33 +0100
From: "AUSTRALIAN CASH OUT LOTTERY"
Reply-to: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON $600,000.00 USD (AUSTRALIAN CASH OUT LOTTERY 2008)
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:28:31 +0100
Message-Id: <20080208132831.M4416@lottery.com>
X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20061019
X-OriginatingIP: 81.91.235.152 (aus@inbox202.net)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=OPENWEBMAIL_ATT_0.730357023692829"
Content-Length: 18796
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
COORPORATION.2008
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AUSTRALIAN NEW YEAR PROMOTIONS LOTTERY 2008
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of AUSTRALIAN CASH-OUT LOTTO BV international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48
Ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number
Ball number 11Ball number 13Ball number 26Ball number 34Ball number 44Ball number 48 Bonus Ball number 2
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of $600,000 Dollars (Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;
PERSON IN CHARGE (MR RICHARD HARDGETT UDOH)
Email address: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Please note; You are hereby advice to send the asigned fudiciray Agent details below for Processing of your Claims;
(1.) FULL NAME .....................................................
(2.) FULL ADDRESS ..................................................
(3).NATIONALITY. .....................................................
(4) AGE......................................................................
(5) OCCUPATION........................................................
(6)TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................
(7) DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION........................
(8) SEX.......................................................................
(9) TOTAL AMOUNT WON..........................................
(10) MARITAL STATUS ...............................................
(11)EMAIL ADDRES.................................................
(12) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.........................
(13) ADDRESS OF THE BANK....................................
Scan a copy of your id or international passport and send together with this payment form to the claim agent that will enable him to processed your winning prize easy.
Contact to this confidential email account :
you are advice to contact to our claim agent with this EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
EMAIL: mr_richardudoh@yahoo.com
ENDEAVOUR TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE ON OR BEFORE THE 25TH DAY OF FEB,2008.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-coordinator).
(australian Lottery Inc).
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Below are one of our winner,He won prize money release to him with award certifecate.
Past winners.
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Search ARIN WHOIS for: 81.91.235.152
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL
ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43
NetRange: 81.0.0.0 - 81.255.255.255
CIDR: 81.0.0.0/8
NetName: 81-RIPE
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NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: NS-EXT.ISC.ORG
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in
Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in
Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate:
Updated: 2005-07-27
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-02-07 19:10
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% Information related to '81.91.235.128 - 81.91.235.191'
inetnum: 81.91.235.128 - 81.91.235.191
netname: NTIC-OPT
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descr: Reseau Internet
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source: AFRINIC # Filtered
parent: 81.91.224.0 - 81.91.239.255
person: Louis Agbaholou
address: Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address: Reseau Internet
address: B.P. 5959
address: Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone: +229 31 4990
fax-no: +229 31 3843
e-mail: agbaholou@intnet.bj
e-mail: agbaholou@opt.bj
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nic-hdl: LA212-AFRINIC
remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
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person: Adolphe Gbedissin
address: Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address: Reseau Internet
address: B.P. 5959
address: Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone: +229 31 8888
fax-no: +229 31 3843
e-mail: gbedissin@intnet.bj
nic-hdl: AG2749-AFRINIC
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person: Franck Dossou
address: Office des Postes et Telecommications (OPT)
address: Reseau Internet
address: B.P. 5959
address: Cotonou (Rep. du Benin)
phone: +229 31 8888
fax-no: +229 31 3843
e-mail: dosfrk@intnet.bj
nic-hdl: FD331-AFRINIC
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Search ARIN WHOIS for: 193.86.238.3
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL
ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43
NetRange: 193.0.0.0 - 193.255.255.255
CIDR: 193.0.0.0/8
NetName: RIPE-CBLK
NetHandle: NET-193-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: NS-EXT.ISC.ORG
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in
Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in
Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate: 1992-08-12
Updated: 2005-08-03
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-02-07 19:10
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% Information related to '0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255'
inetnum: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255
netname: IANA-BLK
descr: The whole IPv4 address space
country: EU # Country is really world wide
org: ORG-IANA1-AFRINIC
admin-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
tech-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
remarks: The country is really worldwide.
remarks: This address space is assigned at various other places in
remarks: the world and might therefore not be in the RIPE database.
mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source: AFRINIC # Filtered
organisation: ORG-IANA1-AFRINIC
org-name: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
org-type: IANA
country: EU # Country is really worldwide
address: see http://www.iana.org
remarks: The IANA allocates IP addresses and AS number blocks to RIRs
remarks: see http://www.iana.org/ipaddress/ip-addresses.htm
remarks: and http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
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role: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
address: see http://www.iana.org.
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
tech-c: IANA1-AFRINIC
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remarks: For more information on IANA services
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mnt-by: AFRINIC-DB-MNT
remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source: AFRINIC # Filtered
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Search ARIN WHOIS for: 206.190.38.207
OrgName: Yahoo! Broadcast Services, Inc.
OrgID: YAHO
Address: 701 First Ave
City: Sunnyvale
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94089
Country: US
NetRange: 206.190.32.0 - 206.190.63.255
CIDR: 206.190.32.0/19
NetName: NETBLK1-YAHOOBS
NetHandle: NET-206-190-32-0-1
Parent: NET-206-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS2.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS3.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS4.YAHOO.COM
NameServer: NS5.YAHOO.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 1995-12-15
Updated: 2005-03-02
RTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
RTechName: Netblock Admin
RTechPhone: +1-408-349-3300
RTechEmail: rauschen@yahoo-inc.com
OrgAbuseHandle: NETWO857-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Network Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-408-349-3300
OrgAbuseEmail: network-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com
OrgTechHandle: NA258-ARIN
OrgTechName: Netblock Admin
OrgTechPhone: +1-408-349-3300
OrgTechEmail: rauschen@yahoo-inc.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-02-07 19:10
4.2.08
Russian Army Newspaper
englishrussia.com
A few days ago one guy has got his next issue of a Russian Army newspaper he is subscribed too. He was lazy looking through it until on one page, devoted to the department of Nuclear Defense he found a photo of one of the departments of Nuclear Defense Ministry. Look down what shocked him so much:
So maybe next time when the countries would decide to reduce there nuclear weapons potential they would call this process ‘neGOTHiations'.
2.2.08
Oil Barons reap Huge Profit.....again
I don't have a problem with a business or person making money.
But Damn............
When someone Works one week out of the Month just to Fill the Tank, thats ridiculous. And when that Tank of Gas only last Two weeks, thats two tanks a month Or working half a month for Gas, just to work the Whole month. Did that make sense? My Cranium Hurts.......
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Exxon shatters profit records
Oil giant makes corporate history by booking $11.7 billion in quarterly profit; earns $1,300 a second in 2007.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/news/companies/exxon_earnings/?postversion=2008020109
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chevron 4th-Quarter Profit Rises on Record Oil Prices
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aj_MaL1gAHqk
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shell Rakes in $8.5 Billion in Three Months
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2008/01/31/shell-rakes-in-85-billion-in-three-months.html
But Damn............
When someone Works one week out of the Month just to Fill the Tank, thats ridiculous. And when that Tank of Gas only last Two weeks, thats two tanks a month Or working half a month for Gas, just to work the Whole month. Did that make sense? My Cranium Hurts.......
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Exxon shatters profit records
Oil giant makes corporate history by booking $11.7 billion in quarterly profit; earns $1,300 a second in 2007.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/news/companies/exxon_earnings/?postversion=2008020109
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chevron 4th-Quarter Profit Rises on Record Oil Prices
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aj_MaL1gAHqk
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Shell Rakes in $8.5 Billion in Three Months
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2008/01/31/shell-rakes-in-85-billion-in-three-months.html
1.2.08
EXploiting children
Yeah, I know; I'm no better than he is for posting this.
Like Trevor, sometimes you have to do things too make your point. Using kids for your Propaganda is wrong. Whether it be selling something on television, begging for aid, or in this case, Bush Bashing.
The parents of these children have no morals to let them be used in this way.
And some of the language/description used...........oh my!
Like Trevor, sometimes you have to do things too make your point. Using kids for your Propaganda is wrong. Whether it be selling something on television, begging for aid, or in this case, Bush Bashing.
The parents of these children have no morals to let them be used in this way.
And some of the language/description used...........oh my!
Trevor talks to children!
31.1.08
QTRAX
Review #1 of QTRAX: A P2P Legal file sharing program
By:Ed Quinn
7:57 AM 1/31/2008
As with any program, or most, the download and install went smooth. Unlike Morpheus or Limewire, you do not have to Open any extra ports on your computer. Maybe because The SONGBIRD Browser part of this is basically a FireFox browser. It Does Listen On Ports 1573, 1575, 1577. Although a browser, remember it is a file sharing program able to Serve others request.
So I run the program and look around. The first thing I did was click on a link on the home page. I thought I was going to listen to a song. It didn't happen. What did happen was it loaded all 15 songs in to the songbird player. After it did this, it didn't and wont play them. So I tried again with the same results.
I wanted to try it out so I thought, maybe I have to register just to listen. So I click on register and proceed to do so. Unlike other P2P apps this is not required and I don;t know why it is here, unless some time in the future they want too prosecute you for Downloading songs. Anyway, short of your actual street address everything else is required. Full Name, user ID you select, password, Date of Birth, ZIP Code, Country, Email address. I don't know why they need all this info.
After filling out the required info I hit the submit button and waited. And Waited and waited and waited and, well you get the point. A couple of times during this submission process it returned a blank page. After it doing this a couple of times, I filled out the form again and re-submitted. And waited and ,.... get it. I don't know if my information was accepted or not.
As I thought might happen with this being a Browser and a P2P program bundled, it sucks as of this post. The only thing that does seem to work at this time are the Banner adds. From looking at the home page of this browser there are only 37,835 users online at this time, with 9,695,469 tracks available.
So I shut it down and reboot hoping this will have some affect, but I doubt it. So I type in my user name and password and hit enter. What do I get back, INVALID ID or password. So I guess it didn't take the first three time so I will now try again. It must work because there are now 38,308 users online. Up 203 from last look.
Success!!!! The registration went through.
I go to my email to retrieve the activation code. I click the link to activate and , NOTHING HAPPENS. The page wants to load as before when trying to create an account but doesn't. So I decide to go to my email on another box,One that is running Linux. I open the mail and click the link and It goes through. I do not understand this. None the less, my account is NOW activated. So now we will go back on the other box and try and log in. Success....we are able to log in. Now we shall see what we are allowed too do after going through all this, and providing them with more Information than I care to share. It better be worth it.
Well at this point everything I click on pops up a window that tells me, "DOWNLOADS COMING SOON". From the Home page of this program I see that the Most downloaded songs are from LED ZEPPELIN and BARBARA STREISAND, Neither of which I have ever cared for. At my age, most people I grew up with were in to Zeppelin. But I will see if I can DL some ZEP just to see.
I am NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AT THIS POINT......Everything I try to DL say the same thing, "DOWNLOADS COMING SOON". Well I am going to play with it some more, but I don't think It will get any better.
I have used other P2P programs with MUCH better luck, and more users online than this. I also noticed that my clock has been reset. It has been moved 3 hrs back. I Don't know why this would happen unless it installed some spyware/malware or some other hack. We will find out shortly. They do tell you that it does not contain any on their website. How many times have you heard that before. This is why it is always best to run these type and any other programs you want to try, on a TEST BOX if you are lucky to have more than one.
Sad, but at this point the ONLY thing they are serving are Multiple Banner adds, trying to sell you something. I will continue and post an update sometime later. Until then remember, If it sounds to good to be true, It usually is! In this case, It doesn't sound at all. You cant even play the damn songs. All you can do is look at the pages. So I end this review with giving it 1 out of 10 stars. 1 because it looks good.
If you want too try your luck, heres the link: http://www.qtrax.com/
30.1.08
Where do they come from
If you don't watch this, you may miss the best Laugh of your day.
Seriously..........
Seriously..........
29.1.08
World's Most Powerful Rail Gun Delivered to Navy
For true sci-fi fans, any mention of a real-world rail gun will draw an instant, slightly audible gasp. Instead of relying on chemical propellants -- such as gunpowder -- a rail gun uses magnetic "rails" to launch a solid, nonexplosive projectile at incredible speed. Theoretically, rail guns would be able to precisely strike targets at extreme ranges, and would negate the risks associated with carrying around tons of explosive ammo. More to the point, they're cool-sounding, just like lasers.
Which is why the news that BAE Systems has delivered a functional, 32-megajoule Electro-Magnetic Laboratory Rail Gun (32-MJ LRG) to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., is exciting. Installation of the laboratory launcher is currently under way, and according to BAE, this is the first step toward the Navy's goal of developing a tactical 64-megajoule ship-mounted weapon.
The lab version doesn't look particularly menacing -- more like a long, belt-fed airport screening device than like a futuristic cannon -- but the system will fire rounds at up to Mach 8, drawing on tremendous amounts of electricity to generate the current for each test shot. That, of course, is the problem with rail guns: Like lasers, they're out of step with modern-day generators and capacitors. Eight and 9-megajoule rail guns have been fired before, but providing 3 million amps of power per shot has been a limitation. At 32 megajoules, this new system appears to be the most powerful rail gun ever built, and the Office of Naval Research is installing additional capacitors at the Dahlgren facility to support it. The planned 64-megajoule weapon, if it's ever built, could require even more power -- a staggering 6 million amps.
Full Report Here- www.military.com
Also see - How Rail Guns Work There is a cool graphic that lets you fire the Rail Gun, on the second page. [I think it's Cool, your opinion may vary.]
Which is why the news that BAE Systems has delivered a functional, 32-megajoule Electro-Magnetic Laboratory Rail Gun (32-MJ LRG) to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., is exciting. Installation of the laboratory launcher is currently under way, and according to BAE, this is the first step toward the Navy's goal of developing a tactical 64-megajoule ship-mounted weapon.
The lab version doesn't look particularly menacing -- more like a long, belt-fed airport screening device than like a futuristic cannon -- but the system will fire rounds at up to Mach 8, drawing on tremendous amounts of electricity to generate the current for each test shot. That, of course, is the problem with rail guns: Like lasers, they're out of step with modern-day generators and capacitors. Eight and 9-megajoule rail guns have been fired before, but providing 3 million amps of power per shot has been a limitation. At 32 megajoules, this new system appears to be the most powerful rail gun ever built, and the Office of Naval Research is installing additional capacitors at the Dahlgren facility to support it. The planned 64-megajoule weapon, if it's ever built, could require even more power -- a staggering 6 million amps.
Full Report Here- www.military.com
Also see - How Rail Guns Work There is a cool graphic that lets you fire the Rail Gun, on the second page. [I think it's Cool, your opinion may vary.]
27.1.08
Better Integrated Spy Chip ???
Method of reliably electroless-plating integrated circuit die
Abstract
The present invention is a reliable method of electroless-plating integrated circuit die that achieves high yield. Die are attached to a holder using a polyimide adhesive to eliminate voltage differences on bond pads which would otherwise interfere with the plating. The die are aggressively cleaned using multiple cleaning solutions, one heated to a user-defined temperature. Each cleaning is followed by an aggressive rinse in de-ionized water. Die are immersed into multiple metal solutions at user-definable temperatures. Each immersion is followed by an aggressive rinse in de-ionized water, one with heated de-ionized water.
Inventors: Pal; Rathindra N. (Beltsville, MD), Berlin; Kingsley R. (Odenton, MD)
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, DC)
N/A (
Appl. No.: 11/253,879
Filed: October 19, 2005
More:http://tinyurl.com/356pby
Abstract
The present invention is a reliable method of electroless-plating integrated circuit die that achieves high yield. Die are attached to a holder using a polyimide adhesive to eliminate voltage differences on bond pads which would otherwise interfere with the plating. The die are aggressively cleaned using multiple cleaning solutions, one heated to a user-defined temperature. Each cleaning is followed by an aggressive rinse in de-ionized water. Die are immersed into multiple metal solutions at user-definable temperatures. Each immersion is followed by an aggressive rinse in de-ionized water, one with heated de-ionized water.
Inventors: Pal; Rathindra N. (Beltsville, MD), Berlin; Kingsley R. (Odenton, MD)
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, DC)
N/A (
Appl. No.: 11/253,879
Filed: October 19, 2005
More:http://tinyurl.com/356pby
23.1.08
Call-jacking VOIP / More Worms for Cellphones
New VOIP 'Call-Jacking' Hack Unleashed
JANUARY 22, 2008 Dark Reading
Now there's a way for attackers to hijack a user's voice-over-IP service: "call-jacking" could let the bad guys launch sophisticated phishing attacks as well as perpetrate lucrative toll fraud.
Researchers from the hacker group GNUCitizen have released a proof-of-concept for call-jacking via a BT Home Hub user's router. The attack exploits cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the router that were previously discovered by the researchers. The attack works even if the default password in the router has been changed.
"We believe that this technique, which we coined as 'call jacking,' is completely new. There is nothing like this in the public domain as far as we know," says Adrian Pastor, a senior IT security consultant for an unnamed penetrating testing firm in London. "The beauty of the attack is that the victim user thinks he/she is receiving a phone call, but in fact he/she is making the phone call and paying for it. We find this quite innovative and unique, hence the need for coining a new term."
The exploit could be used in a phishing attack, where the victim would get a phone call from his "bank" after clicking a link in a phishing email. Phishers typically don't know their victims' phone numbers, he says, so the phone call would help the attacker appear legitimate and gain the victim's trust.
Another attack scenario involves toll fraud, where the victim's router would be forced to dial a toll number. "Premium numbers are very expensive, and allow the identity who registered them -- in this case, the attackers -- make money every time someone dials them," Pastor says.
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Malicious MMS worm hits Nokia handsets
January 22, 2008 (TechWorld.com)
-- Security vendor Fortinet has uncovered a malicious SymbianOS Worm that is actively spreading on mobile phone networks.
Fortinet's threat response team warned on Monday that the worm, identified as SymbOS/Beselo.A!worm, is able to run on several Symbian S60 enabled devices. These include the Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72 handsets.
The malware is disguised as a multimedia file (MMS) with an evocative name: either Beauty.jpg, Sex.mp3 or Love.rm. Fortinet warned this is deceiving users into unknowingly installing the malicious software onto their phones.
Unlike Microsoft Windows, SymbianOS types files based on their contents and not their extensions, so it is worth noting that recipients of infected MMS would still be presented with an installation dialogue upon "clicking" on the attachment. "Therefore, users could easily be deceived by the extension and unknowingly install the malicious piece of software," warned Fortinet.
After installation, the worm harvests all the phone numbers located in the phone's contact lists and targets them with a viral MMS carrying a SIS-packed (Symbian Installation Source) version of the worm. In addition to harvesting these numbers, the malware also sends itself to generated numbers as well.
19.1.08
Final UPDATE: Storm of the Century - 2008 ?
This is an update to a previous post. You can read it HERE.
Further UPDATEs will be added to This POST.
As soon as the Rain/Sleet changes to SNOW, I will post Pictures and Video.
Yes, it is a BIG DEAL when it snows this far South.
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Bummer.....In my area we 'Did NOT' get any Snow. We Didn't even get any Flurries. All we got was a little Sleet and Not very much of that, So I have No pictures of snow for my area. I look forward to seeing what the rest of the Winter season holds for my area as we usually have our Snow in Late February through Mid March.
On January 19, 2008 A low pressure system over the northwest Gulf of Mexico spread abundant moisture over a cold airmass to produce widespread snow across northern Georgia. The precipitation began in the form of rain in the hours around daybreak...but quickly changed to mostly snow between midmorning and the noon hour. Since the ground was relatively warm...and temperatures during the event were generally slightly above freezing...some of the snow that fell melted. This resulted in snowfall accumulations that were fairly light.
Reports from individual counties...
LOCATION COUNTY AMOUNT COMMENTS
5 S. CUMMING FORSYTH 2.00
ALPHARETTA N. FULTON 1.75
MATT FORSYTH 1.50
WOODSTOCK S. CHEROKEE 1.50
STOCKBRIDGE HENRY 1.25
DOUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS 1.25
PINE MOUNTAIN HARRIS 1.00
SANDY SPRINGS N. FULTON 1.00
MIDTOWN FULTON 1.00
DALLAS PAULDING 1.00
DECATUR DEKALB 1.00
VININGS COBB 1.00
LA GRANGE TROUP 1.00 SPOTTER REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
PALMETTO COWETA 1.00
CARROLLTON CARROLL 1.00
ZEBULON PIKE 1.00
GRIFFIN SPALDING 1.00
CONYERS ROCKDALE 1.00
GREENVILLE MERIWETHER 1.00
6 NNE DALLAS PAULDING 0.80
SUCHES UNION 0.80 EMA REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
ATL AIRPORT CLAYTON 0.80 HARTSFIELD-JACKSON OFFICIAL OBS
SENOIA COWETA 0.50
DAHLONEGA LUMPKIN 0.50
PEACHTREE CITY FAYETTE 0.50
CEDARTOWN POLK 0.50
GAINESVILLE HALL 0.50
LAWRENCEVILLE GWINNETT 0.50
FRANKLIN HEARD 0.50
COVINGTON NEWTON 0.50
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Peachtree City, Georgia
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/sno11908.shtml
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...ACCUMULATING SNOW HEADED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY...
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The NWS has canceled the 'Heavy Snow Warning' for my area, but still say we are to get 2"- 4" of Snow. It hasn't made it to my area yet but it's coming.
In the meantime , here are some images of Snow in the Atlanta area pulled from the Department of Transportation Cameras.
The cameras can be found on this site, http://www.georgia-navigator.com/
Further UPDATEs will be added to This POST.
As soon as the Rain/Sleet changes to SNOW, I will post Pictures and Video.
Yes, it is a BIG DEAL when it snows this far South.
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Bummer.....In my area we 'Did NOT' get any Snow. We Didn't even get any Flurries. All we got was a little Sleet and Not very much of that, So I have No pictures of snow for my area. I look forward to seeing what the rest of the Winter season holds for my area as we usually have our Snow in Late February through Mid March.
Final UPDATE: Snowfall Amounts- January 19, 2008
On January 19, 2008 A low pressure system over the northwest Gulf of Mexico spread abundant moisture over a cold airmass to produce widespread snow across northern Georgia. The precipitation began in the form of rain in the hours around daybreak...but quickly changed to mostly snow between midmorning and the noon hour. Since the ground was relatively warm...and temperatures during the event were generally slightly above freezing...some of the snow that fell melted. This resulted in snowfall accumulations that were fairly light.
Reports from individual counties...
LOCATION COUNTY AMOUNT COMMENTS
5 S. CUMMING FORSYTH 2.00
ALPHARETTA N. FULTON 1.75
MATT FORSYTH 1.50
WOODSTOCK S. CHEROKEE 1.50
STOCKBRIDGE HENRY 1.25
DOUGLASVILLE DOUGLAS 1.25
PINE MOUNTAIN HARRIS 1.00
SANDY SPRINGS N. FULTON 1.00
MIDTOWN FULTON 1.00
DALLAS PAULDING 1.00
DECATUR DEKALB 1.00
VININGS COBB 1.00
LA GRANGE TROUP 1.00 SPOTTER REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
PALMETTO COWETA 1.00
CARROLLTON CARROLL 1.00
ZEBULON PIKE 1.00
GRIFFIN SPALDING 1.00
CONYERS ROCKDALE 1.00
GREENVILLE MERIWETHER 1.00
6 NNE DALLAS PAULDING 0.80
SUCHES UNION 0.80 EMA REPORTS 0.5-1.0 ACRS CNTY
ATL AIRPORT CLAYTON 0.80 HARTSFIELD-JACKSON OFFICIAL OBS
SENOIA COWETA 0.50
DAHLONEGA LUMPKIN 0.50
PEACHTREE CITY FAYETTE 0.50
CEDARTOWN POLK 0.50
GAINESVILLE HALL 0.50
LAWRENCEVILLE GWINNETT 0.50
FRANKLIN HEARD 0.50
COVINGTON NEWTON 0.50
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Peachtree City, Georgia
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/sno11908.shtml
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Heavy Snow Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...ACCUMULATING SNOW HEADED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY...
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UPDATE 2
The NWS has canceled the 'Heavy Snow Warning' for my area, but still say we are to get 2"- 4" of Snow. It hasn't made it to my area yet but it's coming.
In the meantime , here are some images of Snow in the Atlanta area pulled from the Department of Transportation Cameras.
The cameras can be found on this site, http://www.georgia-navigator.com/
18.1.08
Save Windows-XP
You may have NOTICED the banner at the top of the Home page asking you to help Save Windows-Xp. Why Save Windows-XP, you might be asking yourself. Because there are some of us out here that still use it, and will continue too use it. But Why you ask, Don't you want VISTA? Well sure some of us want Vista. We just can't afford it.
I have 3 boxes running Xp-pro and it would cost me a pretty penny to replace them with ones that could run Vista.
They say you would be able to buy a NEW Computer with XP installed for awhile, you just wont be able to go and buy the OS as a stand alone. I have gone to ALL of the stores in my area and it is NO where to be found.I have ask the sales people at these stores if they could Order me a copy and the Answer was NO.
My other reason besides the one above is- 'If it ain't Broke, why fix it'.
There are many more reasons and you can find them HERE
I have 3 boxes running Xp-pro and it would cost me a pretty penny to replace them with ones that could run Vista.
They say you would be able to buy a NEW Computer with XP installed for awhile, you just wont be able to go and buy the OS as a stand alone. I have gone to ALL of the stores in my area and it is NO where to be found.I have ask the sales people at these stores if they could Order me a copy and the Answer was NO.
My other reason besides the one above is- 'If it ain't Broke, why fix it'.
There are many more reasons and you can find them HERE
They walk among us........
Jon sends: Subject: Priceless
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy
boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of
him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even
though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through
the intersection.
The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming
in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the
intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup.
As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and
looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The
officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.
He took her to the police station where she was searched,
fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After
a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the
door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the
arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up
behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off
the guy in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him." I
noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose
Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School'
bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on
the trunk; naturally ... I assumed you had stolen the car."
Priceless. --
17.1.08
Internet billing based on usage
I guess this is the Wave of the future, like most European countries.
So, Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday it is planning a trial to bill high-speed Internet subscribers based on their amount of usage rather than a flat fee.
I don't have Time Warner as my ISP. If I did And they Jacked My Bill they would more than likely Lose a customer.
My Provider from what I have been able to find Charges one of the Highest Rates in the country for high-speed Internet. I don't have a package deal or Bundle where you have Cable TV, Phone and Internet for one LARGE price. I don't watch much of the BOOB-TUBE, nor do I make long distance or international calls. I only have high-speed Internet and Pay $60.95 a Month. If, in the Near future my provider follows suit, I would hope my bill would decrease. If it doesn't decrease and stays the same I will continue my service. If it goes Up, I will cancel my service because I feel what I already pay is extreme.
So what if I have multiple boxes in my network. It is very rare that all are on at the same time. I don't DL videos or large files. I do run Limewire once in awhile, but even then I don't DL any videos or MP3's. [Yes, there are other types of Files out there that do contain information.]
I have family that Has high-speed Internet with a different ISP than myself. Their Monthly rates are anywhere from $24.95 / $42.00. I wish I could Change my ISP but that is part of how they screw you. You would think I could as we Live within a Mile of each other, yet the services offered seem to Stop on the Property lines. Go figure. I guess it really doesn't matter though, as we all have a different ISP by name, They are ALL Operated By AT&T.
I don't look forward to going back to Dial-up service, but it may come to this.
Anyway, this is my rant.
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